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Hello Friends,

I would like to share a simple test that you may want to do before offering a pipe for sale. After you have finished a pipe, take a paper towel and rub the bowl vigorously. If stain comes off, you need to fix your finishing process. That color will stain someones hands when they smoke the pipe.

Yeah?! F-you!

The Smoking Yeti wrote:Yeah?! F-you!

Get back to work!

This reminds me, I need to test your pipes right now...

PremalChheda wrote:Hello Friends,

I would like to share a simple test that you may want to do before offering a pipe for sale. After you have finished a pipe, take a paper towel and rub the bowl vigorously. If stain comes off, you need to fix your finishing process. That color will stain someones hands when they smoke the pipe.

Inside the bowl?
Outside the bowl?
Have you been smoking hashish?

That's why I dip my pipes in Varathane a couple times before I sell 'em.

What about if you use shellac? Wouldn't that essentially cover the stain and prevent this.

BobR wrote:What about if you use shellac? Wouldn't that essentially cover the stain and prevent this.

Shellac alone will not pass the test.

Solution= 5 coats marine varnish. P.S. shellac will pass test after buffing with the red stuff for an hour.

Premal has vigorously rubbed my pipes. I think I passed the test?

All this talk about vigorously rubbing pipes is creeping me out.

Does carnauba wax not normally take care of this? Paste wax seems to work fine.

Literaryworkshop wrote:Does carnauba wax not normally take care of this? Paste wax seems to work fine.

Test it out and see what happens...

OBwayne: it was good for both of us. We both had a smoke afterwards. Lietaryworkshop: try your sealer of choice and finish with carnabua